A dupla Scott Pruett/ Memo Rojas, num Lexus Riley da Chip Ganassi, venceu no sábado (19/07), no Barber Motorsport Park, a 10º etapa da Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series. Foi a sexta vitória da dupla no ano. A dupla David Donohue/ Darren Law, num Porsche Riley da Brumos Racing, ficou em 2º, seguida pela dupla Ian James/ John Pew, num Ford Riley da Michael Shank Racing.
Pruett superou Law na linha de chegada por apenas 0s341, a quarta menor diferença da história da categoria.
O brasileiro Oswaldo Negri Júnior, em dupla com Mark Patterson, num Ford Riley da Michael Shank Racing, terminou em 4º.
Ricardo Zonta foi o 13º. O brasileiro tem Nic Jonsson como parceiro no Pontiac Lola Krohn Racing. O ex-piloto de F-1 liderou as primeiras 25 voltas antes de ir aos pits. Porém uma saÁda de pista de Jonsson, que o fez perder três voltas, acabou com as chances de um bom resultado.
Pruett/ Rojas somam 295 pontos, sessenta a mais do que a dupla Alex Gurney/ Jon Fogarty, que abandonou a prova com problemas na embreagem de seu Pontiac Riley da Bob Stallings Racing. Gurney liderou a prova por 35 voltas.
A próxima etapa acontece no dia 01 de agosto no circuito Gilles Villeneuve, no Canadá.
Grid:
1 DP 1 Angelelli / Valiante SunTrust Racing / Pontiac Dallara 1:20.521
2 DP 2 Pruett / Rojas Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates / Lexus Riley 1:20.940
3 DP 3 Jonsson / Zonta Krohn Racing / Pontiac Lola 1:21.257
4 DP 4 Fogarty / Gurney GAINSCO/ Bob Stallings Racing / Pontiac Riley 1:21.279
5 DP 5 Camirand / Cosmo Spirit of Daytona Racing / Porsche Coyote 1:21.281
6 DP 6 Donohue / Law Brumos Racing / Porsche Riley 1:21.301
7 DP 7 Frisselle / Wilkins AIM Autosport / Ford Riley 1:21.435
8 DP 8 Garcia / Kimber-Smith Cheever Racing / Pontiac Coyote 1:21.825
9 DP 9 Auberlen / Hand Alex Job Racing / Porsche Riley 1:21.949
10 DP 10 Frisselle / Taylor Doran Racing / Ford Dallara 1:22.039
11 DP 11 Gidley / Jaeger Doran Racing / Ford Dallara 1:22.220
12 DP 12 James / Pew Michael Shank Racing / Ford Riley 1:22.299
13 DP 13 Lester / Lewis Southard Motorsports / Lexus Riley 1:22.483
14 DP 14 Negri / Patterson Michael Shank Racing / Ford Riley 1:23.116
15 DP 15 Plumb / Sigal Rum Bum Racing / BMW Riley 1:23.369
16 DP 16 Goossens / Matthews Bob Stallings/ Riley-Matthews / Pontiac Riley 1:23.785
17 DP 17 Barbosa / France Brumos Racing / Porsche Riley 1:24.067
18 DP 18 Krohn / van de Poele Krohn Racing / Pontiac Lola 1:24.569
19 GT 1 Ham / Tremblay SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8 1:28.084
20 GT 2 Collins / Edwards Banner Racing / Pontiac GXP.R 1:28.226
21 GT 3 Assentato / Segal SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8 1:28.275
22 GT 4 Davis / Liddell Stevenson Motorsports / Pontiac GXP.R 1:28.971
23 GT 5 Alessi / Phinny Matt Connolly Motorsports / Pontiac GTO.R 1:29.308
24 GT 6 Miller / Werner Farnbacher Loles Racing / Porsche GT3 Cup 1:29.397
25 GT 7 Borcheller / Lewis Jr Autohaus Motorsports / Pontiac GXP.R 1:29.468
26 GT 8 Sellers / Smith Racers Edge Motorsports / Mazda RX-8 1:29.718
27 GT 9 George Jr / Lally TRG / Porsche GT3 Cup 1:29.910
28 GT 10 Keen / Lux Farnbacher Loles Racing / Porsche GT3 Cup 1:30.030
29 GT 11 Bunting / Reese Banner Racing / Pontiac GXP.R 1:30.262
30 GT 12 Borkowski / Constantine Playboy Racing / BMW M6 1:30.282
31 GT 13 Johnson / Westbrook Farnbacher Loles Racing / Porsche GT3 Cup 1:30.635
32 GT 14 Nonnamaker / Nonnamaker Team Sahlen / Corvette 1:30.641
33 GT 15 Ballou / Pumpelly TRG / Porsche GT3 Cup 1:30.780
34 GT 16 Maher / Stanton TRG/Riegel Autosport / Porsche GT3 Cup 1:31.791
35 GT 17 Gutierrez / Schroeder TRG / Porsche GT3 Cup 1:31.794
36 GT 18 Dempsey / Foster Hyper Sport / Mazda RX-8 1:31.822
37 GT 19 Grant / Grant / Grant Synergy Racing / Porsche GT3 Cup 1:34.821
38 GT 0 Nonnamaker / Sahlen Team Sahlen / Corvette sem tempo
39 GT 0 Dumoulin / Nastasi Blackforest Motorsports / Ford Mustang sem tempo
Final:
1 DP 1 Pruett / Rojas Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates / Lexus Riley 103 voltas
2 DP 2 Donohue / Law Brumos Racing / Porsche Riley 103
3 DP 3 James / Pew Michael Shank Racing / Ford Riley 103
4 DP 4 Negri / Patterson Michael Shank Racing / Ford Riley 103
5 DP 5 Frisselle / Taylor Doran Racing / Ford Dallara 103
6 DP 6 Angelelli / Valiante SunTrust Racing / Pontiac Dallara 103
7 DP 7 Barbosa / France Brumos Racing / Porsche Riley 103
8 DP 8 Goossens / Matthews Bob Stallings/ Riley-Matthews / Pontiac Riley 103
9 DP 9 Lester / Lewis Southard Motorsports / Lexus Riley 103
10 DP 10 Garcia / Kimber-Smith Cheever Racing / Pontiac Coyote 102
11 DP 11 Plumb / Sigal Rum Bum Racing / BMW Riley 102
12 DP 12 Auberlen / Hand Alex Job Racing / Porsche Riley 102
13 DP 13 Jonsson / Zonta Krohn Racing / Pontiac Lola 101
14 GT 1 Ham / Tremblay SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8 99
15 GT 2 Miller / Werner Farnbacher Loles Racing / Porsche GT3 Cup 99
16 GT 3 George Jr / Lally TRG / Porsche GT3 Cup 99
17 GT 4 Davis / Liddell Stevenson Motorsports / Pontiac GXP.R 99
18 GT 5 Ballou / Pumpelly TRG / Porsche GT3 Cup 99
19 GT 6 Collins / Edwards Banner Racing / Pontiac GXP.R 99
20 GT 7 Bunting / Reese Banner Racing / Pontiac GXP.R 99
21 GT 8 Nonnamaker / Nonnamaker Team Sahlen / Corvette 98
22 GT 9 Nonnamaker / Sahlen Team Sahlen / Corvette 98
23 GT 10 Keen / Lux Farnbacher Loles Racing / Porsche GT3 Cup 98
24 GT 11 Sellers / Smith Racers Edge Motorsports / Mazda RX-8 98
25 GT 12 Alessi / Phinny Matt Connolly Motorsports / Pontiac GTO.R 97
26 GT 13 Borkowski / Constantine Playboy Racing / BMW M6 96
27 DP 14 Camirand / Cosmo Spirit of Daytona Racing / Porsche Coyote 95
28 GT 14 Dempsey / Foster Hyper Sport / Mazda RX-8 94
29 DP 15 Frisselle / Wilkins AIM Autosport / Ford Riley 90
30 DP 15 Frisselle / Wilkins AIM Autosport / Ford Riley 90
31 GT 16 Maher / Stanton TRG/Riegel Autosport / Porsche GT3 Cup 81
32 DP 16 Fogarty / Gurney GAINSCO/ Bob Stallings Racing / Pontiac Riley 80
33 GT 17 Assentato / Segal SpeedSource / Mazda RX-8 72
34 GT 18 Gutierrez / Schroeder TRG / Porsche GT3 Cup 72
35 DP 17 Krohn / van de Poele Krohn Racing / Pontiac Lola 70
36 DP 18 Gidley / Jaeger Doran Racing / Ford Dallara 60
37 GT 19 Johnson / Westbrook Farnbacher Loles Racing / Porsche GT3 Cup 32
38 GT 20 Borcheller / Lewis Jr Autohaus Motorsports / Pontiac GXP.R 5
39 GT 0 Dumoulin / Nastasi Blackforest Motorsports / Ford Mustang 0
Classificação DP:
1 Memo Rojas 295
Scott Pruett 295
3 Alex Gurney 235
Jon Fogarty 235
5 Jim Matthews 224
Marc Goossens 224
7 Mark Patterson 217
Oswaldo Negri 217
9 Darren Law 210
David Donohue 210
13 Nic Jonsson 206
Ricardo Zonta 206
Classificação GT:
1 Kelly Collins 292
Paul Edwards 292
3 Nick Ham 278
Sylvain Tremblay 278
5 Andrew Davis 265
Robin Liddell 265